Habits that make or break...

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey

Habit 1: Be Proactive: Principles of Personal Choice
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind: Principles of Personal Vision
Habit 3: Put First Things First: Principles of Integrity & Execution
Habit 4: Think Win/Win: Principles of Mutual Benefit
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood: Principles of Mutual Understanding
Habit 6: Synergize: Principles of Creative Cooperation
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw: Principles of Balanced Self-Renewal

The 7 Habits of spectacularly unsuccessful people by Sydney Finkelstein

Habit 1: They see themselves and their companies as dominating their environments.
Habit 2: They identify so completely with the company that there is no boundary between their personal interests and their corporation’s interest.
Habit 3: They think they have all the answers.
Habit 4: They ruthlessly eliminate anyone who is not 100 percent behind them.
Habit 5: They are consummate company spokespersons obsessed with the company image.
Habit 6: They underestimate major obstacles.
Habit 7: They stubbornly rely on what worked for them in the past.

Leo Tolstoy wrote, "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." If we extend that, all successful people have something in common; every unsuccessful person has something unique that fails them.

Covey and Finkelstein have identified some habits that make the difference!